PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Santos (ranked 3057 p4p, 3042 weight class) and Marvin Shuster (ranked 448 p4p, 445 weight class). Diego Santos had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Santos
vs
Shuster

180 cm
25
220
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
220
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marvin Shuster!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shuster paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No luck for Santos with that takedown attempt.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Shuster as he jumps to the side.
Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shuster.

Santos fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Shuster to the ground. Santos is now in Shuster's guard.
Shuster controlling Santos's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shuster is trying to control the position but Santos postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shuster is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Santos is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shuster has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Shuster throws his legs up looking for a submission but Santos uses it to pass to side control.

Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Shuster wants to control but Santos postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Shuster tries to buck Santos off but Santos is having none of it.
Shuster regains half guard.
Shuster wants to control but Santos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shuster is holding on to half guard well.
Shuster works his way to full guard. Good work.
Shuster looking for a sweep. Not yet Shuster, not yet.
Santos wants to get up but he can't break Shuster's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos got a little sloppy there for a moment and Shuster has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Santos has managed to get both his arms back between Shuster's legs - danger averted.

Shuster has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Santos doesn't defend quickly enough and Shuster has managed to lock this one up! Can Santos escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Shuster on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Marvin Shuster!